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Using Assisted Negotiation to Settle Land Use Disputes
A Guidebook for Public Officials
July 1999, English
July 1999, English
Educating Policymakers and Communities about Sprawl
July 1999, English
While the issue of managing suburban growth has long been on the Lincoln Institute’s agenda, “sprawl” is now receiving a great deal of attention from citizens, policy analysts and policymakers, as well as the popular press. However, crafting policies to respond to suburban growth is extremely difficult for a variety of reasons. First, we lack […]
July 1999, English
While the issue of managing suburban growth has long been on the Lincoln Institute’s agenda, “sprawl” is now receiving a great deal of attention from citizens, policy analysts and policymakers, as well as the popular press. However, crafting policies to respond to suburban growth is extremely difficult for a variety of reasons. First, we lack […]
Mobilizing Land Value Increments to Provide Serviced Land for the Poor
July 1999, English
The lack of affordable serviced land for the urban poor is one of the most important issues on the Latin American land policy agenda.1 This shortage of serviced land and the subsequent illegal occupation of unserviced land are characteristic features of Latin American cities, especially in the urban peripheries and in areas unsuited to or […]
July 1999, English
The lack of affordable serviced land for the urban poor is one of the most important issues on the Latin American land policy agenda.1 This shortage of serviced land and the subsequent illegal occupation of unserviced land are characteristic features of Latin American cities, especially in the urban peripheries and in areas unsuited to or […]
Captación de la plusvalía del suelo para suministrar tierra urbanizada a los sectores pobres
July 1999, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 4 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. Uno de los aspectos más importantes del estudio de políticas de suelo en América Latina es la falta de tierra urbanizada al alcance de los habitantes de bajos […]
July 1999, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 4 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. Uno de los aspectos más importantes del estudio de políticas de suelo en América Latina es la falta de tierra urbanizada al alcance de los habitantes de bajos […]
Land Lines, July 1999
July 1999, English
July 1999, English
The Price Elasticity of the Demand for Residential Land
Estimation and Implications of Tax Code-Related Subsidies on Urban Form
June 1999, English
June 1999, English
Local Property Taxation
An Assessment
May 1999, English
The property tax is, in my view, a good local tax, though it is far from perfect. Relative to the other tax bases available to local government, I think the property tax gets high marks, in spite of some telling but, in part, misplaced criticism. Traditional Tax Theory Public finance economists have historically evaluated taxes […]
May 1999, English
The property tax is, in my view, a good local tax, though it is far from perfect. Relative to the other tax bases available to local government, I think the property tax gets high marks, in spite of some telling but, in part, misplaced criticism. Traditional Tax Theory Public finance economists have historically evaluated taxes […]
Tributación municipal en San Salvador
May 1999, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 3 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. La demanda por servicios urbanos sobrepasa la capacidad financiera de la mayoría de las ciudades del mundo. Para hacerle frente a este problema, muchos gobiernos municipales utilizan exitosamente […]
May 1999, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 3 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. La demanda por servicios urbanos sobrepasa la capacidad financiera de la mayoría de las ciudades del mundo. Para hacerle frente a este problema, muchos gobiernos municipales utilizan exitosamente […]
